OT: Recommended On-line Disk Imaging Solution?
I have a client who's looking. She found a service that wants $200/month. She's a one-woman shop. I'm thinking that's, like, enterprise-level protection, and she can do much better. Suggestions?
I believe she's looking to protect both a desktop and a laptop computer.
Re: OT: Recommended On-line Disk Imaging Solution?
Dave,
Why not use Macrium Reflect free and a 32GB to 64GB thumb drive or even an 2TB external HDD.
32GB is $6.00, 64GB is $10.00 and a 2TB external HDD is $80.00.
I have written tutorials for my clients on how they can do this for themselves.
Re: OT: Recommended On-line Disk Imaging Solution?
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mr_es335
Dave,
Why not use Macrium Reflect free and a 32GB to 64GB thumb drive or even an 2TB external HDD.
32GB is $6.00, 64GB is $10.00 and a 2TB external HDD is $80.00.
I have written tutorials for my clients on how they can do this for themselves.
I currently do that for my system. But my client wants an off-site solution. Thus my question. :)
Re: OT: Recommended On-line Disk Imaging Solution?
Buy two large external drives, store one at a neighbor's house and swap them every week.
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Ian Alexander
Buy two large external drives, store one at a neighbor's house and swap them every week.
A cost-effective approach (and thanks for that), but...
Don't want to bother a neighbor/hassle with the logistics and prefer a day-to-day catastrophic option, rather than losing as much as a week's work.
Really? No one can recommend an online solution to disk imaging?
Well, I've found a couple. Carbonite and IDrive both have such a service. I've been using IDrive for over a year and didn't even know there was an imaging option. :p
Re: OT: Recommended On-line Disk Imaging Solution?
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Dave Labrecque
A cost-effective approach (and thanks for that), but...
Don't want to bother a neighbor/hassle with the logistics and prefer a day-to-day catastrophic option, rather than losing as much as a week's work.
Really? No one can recommend an online solution to disk imaging?
Well, I've found a couple. Carbonite and IDrive both have such a service. I've been using IDrive for over a year and didn't even know there was an imaging option. :p
The thing to keep in mind with most of these services particularly the cheap ones is that they aren't worth the non-existent paper they are written on.
Few of them actually provide the one thing you are using the service to provide, a usable working archive. If you look at the terms of service they don't actually guarantee you'll have a working copy when you need it.
So caveat emptor. (buyer beware).
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cgrafx,
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...they don't actually guarantee you'll have a working copy when you need it...
... Well said.. and how true.
I had numerous clients who used Carbonite and most restores failed. A local "NAS" took care of all of the problems for us.
Re: OT: Recommended On-line Disk Imaging Solution?
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Originally Posted by
Dave Labrecque
A cost-effective approach (and thanks for that), but...
Don't want to bother a neighbor/hassle with the logistics and prefer a day-to-day catastrophic option, rather than losing as much as a week's work.
Really? No one can recommend an online solution to disk imaging?
Well, I've found a couple. Carbonite and IDrive both have such a service. I've been using IDrive for over a year and didn't even know there was an imaging option. :p
Ah, I should have added: Back up or archive daily or after large, important projects, but swap disks with the neighbor weekly. Or keep the 2nd disk in a fire-resistant box. Or in the shed out back. At that point, the probability of having to recreate a lot of work is extremely low and not worth a lot of money. To me.
Plus, my approach increases social interactions and adds a short walk once a week, both of which are said to be healthy habits. :p
Re: OT: Recommended On-line Disk Imaging Solution?
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cgrafx
The thing to keep in mind with most of these services particularly the cheap ones is that they aren't worth the non-existent paper they are written on.
Few of them actually provide the one thing you are using the service to provide, a usable working archive. If you look at the terms of service they don't actually guarantee you'll have a working copy when you need it.
So caveat emptor. (buyer beware).
It appears to me that Carbonite, IDrive, Macrium Reflect, and Acronis all have essentially the same guarantee: 30 days (15 in the case of IDrive).
Why do you say they don't provide a usable working archive, Phil?
Re: OT: Recommended On-line Disk Imaging Solution?
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Ian Alexander
Ah, I should have added: Back up or archive daily or after large, important projects, but swap disks with the neighbor weekly. Or keep the 2nd disk in a fire-resistant box. Or in the shed out back. At that point, the probability of having to recreate a lot of work is extremely low and not worth a lot of money. To me.
Plus, my approach increases social interactions and adds a short walk once a week, both of which are said to be healthy habits. :p
:D